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“They did a scan and saw one foot going first and the other foot tucked up.

“It’s not the ideal way to give birth and not normal but it’s what was necessary,” she said.

"I was in shock. I came out of shock on the fifth day. I had a sound a like a helicopter in my head for five days."

Naomi nearly ready for going home

When Mrs Marriott came around, she was shown a photograph of her new born baby girl which she says was a “really nice touch” and prepared her for the amount of tubes and wires Naomi had in her.

Naomi went home when she was six weeks old

Mrs Marriott saw Naomi later that day but couldn’t hold her until she was a week old.

But the 40-year-old said the hardest thing about having a premature baby was being separated as Naomi had to be transferred to Kettering Hospital 70 miles away for neonatal care while Mrs Marriott remained in hospital herself.

They captured her first smile on camera

She said: "That’s probably the worst thing. I was grateful she was alive and without brain damage but she was too ill to be cared for locally and had to go away.